Mission No 236

MISSION NO. 236
SEDDIN, GERMANY

20 APRIL, 1945

The marshalling yards at Seddin, south of Berlin, were the primary target. The Group comprised the 94th C Combat Wing. Lt. Col. Smith was Air Commander.

During assembly, the 41St Combat Wing flew through the assembly area, making it necessary for the 457th to deviate to the left of course in order to avoid a collision. Consequently, the route over England was flown north of course until the Group could intercept the Wing on the last leg before the first Control Point. The 457th assembled in Wing formation and flew the remainder of the route over England in Wing formation.

The Group was in proper position in Wing and Division formation. Division assembly line was flown as briefed, except that the formation was losing time because winds were not as briefed.

Course from the Continental coast until the point of turn off of the 94th A and B Wings, was flown in Division formation and on course. As the groups ahead turned off for other targets, the 457th assumed the lead of the task force and continued on to the vicinity of the IP as briefed. The formation swung slightly right of course just prior to the IP in order to gain proper interval between squadrons.

A run was made on the primary target in squadron formation. The lead and high squadrons made a complete visual run, but the low squadron began a G-H run, which became visual after it had proceeded about one-quarter of the way down the bomb run. The MPI was identified by all squadrons at least six minutes before the BRL. No difficulties were encountered, and the bombs were dropped from 20,000 feet. Bombing results were observed to be excellent for all squadrons.

No antiaircraft fire was encountered and none of the planes sustained damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

April 20th, 1945
Mission No 236 Target: Seddin, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

	A/C # 157		A/C # 904		A/C # 694		A/C # 749
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Maj Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Victor F. Pfendler Robert D. Shaw John T. Freese John J. Carr Mathew F. Patulski Vaughn D. Heidenreich Normand R. Menard Robert W. Edwards Sam E. Dike Ralph D. Ice	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John W. Cantillion Thomas A. Hyde Arthur D. Robiolo Robert B. Ryan Donald A. Priestley Charles E. Decorte Jesse J. DeBoard William Bodayle Lloyd R. Burke	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred M. Stevenson Jack E. Sanders John R. Levar Harry M. Hughes Stanley E. Smith Jerome C. Dressler Larry B. McMahon Clyde Tiedemann Alfred F.Hoots	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Vernon L. Terrill Duane G. Hansen Paul A. Brook Charles R. Ward Edward J. Celani Charles L. Rockwell Frank Alderete III John W. Pick, Jr C. A. Rogers Howard A. Dimpsey

	A/C # 961		A/C # 574		A/C # 281		A/C # 123
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Glenn R. Sewell Stephen Polivchak Ralph H. Hall Cleotis N. Helm Melvin P. Rich Albert P. Christofaro Lloyd G. Hasseltine Godfrey C. Edgerton Harry A. Olson	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kenneth D. Woods Joseph B. Watkins Arthur K. Fitch Rex A. Stevens Harry E. Graham Horace M. Seyster Robert Bonazza Benjamin F. Parris Dennis L. Phelps	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank R. Guca Clifton R. Smith Melvin K. Stoner Leo J. Kleinpeter Emil T. Pavlus Albert J. Yost Harold W. Logsdon Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root John J. O'Toole	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Homer W. Haggans William R. Berg Leo Rush John Lalicos Morris V. Keappreth Jack E. Denny Andrew C. McDermott Donald Wheatley Kirby H. Wright

	A/C # 785		A/C # 394		A/C # 522		A/C # 803
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	George H. Greer Thomas J. Cronin Edward J. Strzyzewski Walter H. Carter Archie F. Cole Byrne J. Ranney John W. Rockefeller Gerald T. Uzdavinis Edward W. Blycker	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Joseph J. Neff William F. Hubbard Cecil Loen Homer D. Reich William J. Gassen Joseph F. Carney George H. Coughlin Virgil Ekstrand Fred C. Cope	Lt F/O F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frederick H. Holder Wayne K. Jones Frank C. Sage, Jr William L. Ornburn William R. Beasley Bryan W. Peterson William H. Laubacher Gail W. Scott Stanley Gray Robert P. Kimmell	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Fred M. Rohrig Charles B. Whiddon Gene B. Brown Oral I. Conyers Herman J. Gabryel Loring Lynes John F. Fox Walter L. Reddy, Jr Alfred C. Noday

	A/C # 897		A/C # 832		A/C # 873		A/C # 240
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William A. Barrett Robert A. Bloomer Robert D. Mueller Walter W. Hunt Joseph P. Reidy Wallace A. Proux Robert R. Slocomb Eston L. Selby Franklin V. Smith	F/O Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Charles Scarpaci Francis J. Patry Thomas H. Reed Arthur J. Feldman Everett R. Watson Alrfed R. Jones. Floyd R. Lashmit Francis X. Demarzio Jerome Shapiro Ralph V. Mitchell	Lt Capt Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James R. Howell Roger L. Fisher Robert D. Beltz John S. King Lawrence D. Rogers Thomas D. McCormick Lee R. Groman Donald S. Moore Frank C. Tucker	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Glenn R. Harry Earl R. Peterson Curtis A. Milligan Robert E. Morrison Earl R. Fouts Richard O. Miller Jack Kynion Richard H. Lee Russell V. Upton, Jr

	A/C # 992		A/C # 087		A/C # 551		A/C # 887
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Alvin A. Kollaja Gordon K. Beard John D. Alexander Herbert L. Thiede Charles M. Norton Max L Rice Robert Orlanski Marvin Overfelt James J. Pedine	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert Martin Norman F. Zoltowski William D. Bowles Edward B. Tooker Richard P. Barnes Martin Jacobs Paul L. Cardwell Hubert S. Johnson Harold Stege Robert E. Glenn	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James H. Latimer Eugene F. Howard Frederick Schuler Norman E. Roe Ramsey E. Hale John J. Pickett Harry E. Roeder Harold B. Anthony Boris W. Petcoff	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank P. Hill Jack Gumm Lawrence W. Brennan Francis J. Conlon William H. Hurst Hervert V. Frazier Robert E. Hoekstra Bernard E. Lengerich, Jr Donald R. Thunberg

	A/C # 072		A/C # 733		A/C # 435		A/C # 827
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	John F. Schultz, Jr Paul L. Smith Charles R. McFarland Lawrence M. Charlesworth Thomas W. Love Clifford W. Billings Blaine H. Marz Robert R. Conn John T. Young George W. Jackson	Lt Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Guyon A. Smith, Jr William J. Wright David R. Rodrigue Raoul L. Phansul, Jr Robert H. Headman Bill Copley Oberlin Pena Conrad F. Reiman Willard E. Saltink	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Paul M. Roberts James R. Bibb James O. Worrell Emile R. Goerlich Herman Cohen William W. McDowell David H. Dixon Emil J. Terlosky Kelly L. Harris	Lt F/O Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lawrence D. Hesch Tom M. Fulbright Arthur W. Stark George L. Lewis Victor H. Oehler Jesse S. Martin Edwin J. Kelley, Jr Charles S. Nicol Carl E. Duble

	A/C # 902		A/C # 518		A/C # 195		A/C # 947
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Donald L. Sellon Murray V. Jett Arnold Rosenblatt Daniel W. Nose Ralph S. Kenyon James L. Bass Bennie W. Johnson Walter C. Nowak Ralph Frackman	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Ernest N. Kostis Daniel C. Hartfelder William M. Robertson Steven T. Cowell Lester D. Major John N. Fisher Lloyd E. Kennedy Charles H. Good Cletus R. Newman	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	William B. Stansbury David E. Parker Vincent J. Lococo Joseph A. Skiera John B. Costello Lawrence M. Gast Warren l. Heimke Lester H. Malon Lowell Newton	Lt F/O Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt Sgt	Ejner N. Gunderson John F. Owin Walter A. Divan Thomas O. Lowry Lenoir A. Greer Ruben L. Larson Albert L. Mikels Theodroe C. Yates William t. Mack

	A/C # 509		A/C #		A/C #		A/C # 791
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Gerard A. Sharrock Richard T. Caufield John S. Pearson Henry J. Nohava Sterling J. Haldeman James C. Hanley James L. Madison William J. O'Hara Harold H. Young	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Col Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Stephen L. Dewald William F. Smith, Jr William E. Seil Louis P. Standfield Richard E. Hansen Frank J. Spurchise Frank Nowakowski Paul H. Suer Frank Nowakowski Paul C. Mason

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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt		Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt